Léon Rosenfeld

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Léon Rosenfeld was a Belgian theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum field theory and for being a close collaborator of Niels Bohr.

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instanceOf academic
human
physicist
theoretical physicist
awardReceived Holweck Prize
Max Planck Medal
countryOfCitizenship Belgium
dateOfBirth 1904-08-14
dateOfDeath 1974-03-23
doctoralAdvisor Eugene Wigner
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Zurich
Université libre de Bruxelles
employer Niels Bohr Institute
University of Copenhagen
University of Manchester
University of Utrecht
linked to: Utrecht University

Université libre de Bruxelles
familyName Rosenfeld
fieldOfWork history of science
philosophy of physics
quantum field theory
quantum mechanics
theoretical physics
givenName Léon
influencedBy Niels Bohr
Werner Heisenberg
Wolfgang Pauli
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
memberOf Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
nationality Belgian
notableFor being a close collaborator of Niels Bohr
defense and development of the Copenhagen interpretation
early work in quantum field theory
notableStudent Abraham Pais
notableWork Rosenfeld stress–energy tensor
contributions to the interpretation of quantum mechanics
work on constrained Hamiltonian dynamics
work on quantum field theory
placeOfBirth Belgium
Charleroi
placeOfDeath Copenhagen
Denmark
sexOrGender male
workLocation Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Copenhagen
Manchester
Utrecht

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Abraham Pais doctoralAdvisor Léon Rosenfeld
Niels Bohr notableStudent Léon Rosenfeld
subject linked to: Nicholas Baker
Copenhagen school associatedWith Léon Rosenfeld